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Tetrahedrons assemble! Three-sided pyramids form 2D structures: Bottom-up construction with a 2D twist could yield novel materials

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Chemists have discovered that pointy gold tetrahedrons self-assemble into 2D chiral superlattices. The structures could be useful metamaterials.

Jul 25, 2022

Towards high-quality manganese oxide catalysts with large surface areas

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

The octahedral molecular sieve (OMS-1) is a very powerful manganese oxide-based catalyst, and researchers have found a remarkably simple way to synthesize it. By using a low-crystallinity precursor and a straightforward solid-state transformation ...

Jul 25, 2022

Nanofibrous Dressing Could Help Accelerate Severe Burn Healing

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Natural tissue recapitulating biomaterials provide a suitable microenvironment to direct cell behaviors and fates. Moreover, natural skin mimicking asymmetric dressing is an efficient approach to enhance wound healing, especially in the case of se...

Jul 25, 2022

Nanoparticles That Encourage Gas Storage Could Help Trap CO2

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Hydrate-based gas separation is used for sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2). However, the requirement for high-performing additives to combat its low gas storage capacity makes this method expensive and environmentally unfriendly.

Jul 25, 2022

Producing Stable Graphene-Based Nanolubricant Suspensions

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Graphene-based nanolubricants have attracted the attention of researchers because they possess excellent thermal conduction properties. Creating a stable suspension is a prerequisite to producing a unique nanolubricant.

Jul 25, 2022

Affordable Sources of Commercial Graphene for Energy Applications

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Graphene is a multifunctional carbon nanomaterial widely synthesized for its applications in composites, energy storage, and sensors.

Jul 25, 2022

Nanoparticle catalyst destroys 'forever chemicals' with sunlight

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Cchemical engineers have improved their design for a light-powered catalyst that rapidly breaks down PFOA, one of the world's most problematic 'forever chemical' pollutants.

Jul 25, 2022

Tetrahedrons assemble! Three-sided pyramids form 2D structures

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemists have discovered that pointy gold tetrahedrons self-assemble into 2D chiral superlattices. The structures could be useful metamaterials.

Jul 25, 2022

Novel platform allows five types of programmable optothermal manipulation of micro- and nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed an optothermal platform with five manipulation modes - printing, tweezing, rotating, rolling, and shooting - using a single Gaussian laser beam. Switching between the different modes is achieved by simply tuning the opti...

Jul 25, 2022

A magnetic catheter against strokes

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

ETH spin-​off Nanoflex has developed a magnetically steerable catheter for quick and safe stroke treatment that no longer requires surgeons to be on site.

Jul 24, 2022

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